Calcutta: Two Years in the City by Amit Chaudhur Free EBook Epub,Pdf, Mobi Download

Calcutta: Two Years in the City is Amit Chaudhuri’s story of his two
years in the city of Calcutta, now known as Kolkata. Calcutta is a
charming city that has stayed in the hearts of everyone who has visited
it and has been appreciated and described by various writers.Amit
Chaudhuri visited the city of his birth, Calcutta, in 1999 only to find
that the Calcutta of his childhood had been replaced by another city
which was quite unfamiliar to the city of his memories. Calcutta: Two
Years in the City revolves around the years 2009 to 2011 and primarily
around the elections of 2011.The writer explores all facets of the
city: how the Calcutta of the 19th century has transformed into the
burgeoning metropolitan city that it is today and still has a lot of
untapped potential waiting to be tapped.The writer takes us on a
surreal journey through the streets of Calcutta, invoking very strong
visualisation of the city’s streets and culture. They range from the
destitute homeless to the urban elite, from new malls to old,
dilapidated houses and from the quiet streets to the festivity – filled
roads.